The three planets of the Kepler-30 system align closely with a starspot, indicating their common birth in a gaseous disk. Similar alignments could inform us about the origin of planets orbiting our stellar neighbours. See Letter p.449
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Deming, D. Planets on the spot. Nature 487, 434–435 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/487434a
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